Janet Brandt

Movie Review to "Oh, God! You Devil"

George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the almighty and his nemesis have to duke it out over the soul. [Learn more about the movie Oh, God! You Devil...]

Movie Review to "The Jazz Singer"

Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music. Against the wishes of his rigid father and his loving wife, Yussel travels to California to play his music. Swept up by the excitement, he meets a woman who shares his dream. He grows apart from his family, and becomes confused about what he should ultimately do with his life. [Learn more about the movie The Jazz Singer...]

Movie Review to "Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale"

Based on an original idea by creator, Joe Barbera, Tom and Jerry find themselves in a fantastic wonderland brought to life by holiday magic and set to the music of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker". In an empty opera house, Jerry wishes for his chance to perform and magically his dream comes true.
The little mouse is whisked away to an enchanted kingdom where anything is possible... candy forests, singing snowflakes, even the toys spring to life! Jerry has a great time with his new friends and when Jerry dances with a music box ballerina, he is as happy as happy can be. Unfortunately, a group of alley cats led by Tom, crash Jerry's party, kidnap the music box ballerina, and wreak havoc in the holiday kingdom. It's up to Jerry to set things right and send those mean old cats back to the alley where they belong. With some help from a mouse named Tuffy and all his newfound friends... Jerry just might win the day! [Learn more about the movie Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale...]

Movie Review to "Messages Deleted"

A quivering voice begs to screenwriter, Joel Brandt, to pick up the phone on a message from his answering machine. Thinking it a prank, Joel deletes the message. The caller is found dead. Another caller leaves Joel a message; there is another murder...then another...then another. The killer has Joel's attention, and Joel has the attention of the police. Now the prime suspect in a series of murders, Joel discovers this psychotic killer has targeted him for a reason found within his body of work. Will Joel be able to re-write his ending, or be forced to pay the ultimate price? [Learn more about the movie Messages Deleted...]

Movie Review to "The Cat in the Hat"

Conrad and Sally Walden ('Spencer Breslin' (qv) and 'Dakota Fanning' (qv)) are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat ('Mike Myers' (qv)) walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back. [Learn more about the movie The Cat in the Hat...]

Movie Review to "Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo"

The gang goes on a trip to check on Velma's younger sister, Madelyn. She's been studying stage magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, where apparently there have been sightings of a giant griffin. The gang decides to investigate. [Learn more about the movie Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo...]

Movie Review to "Neon Maniacs"

Something disturbing is going on in San Francisco each and every night. Certain locals who are out at night, are being set upon and slain, by someone or something, to be found in the morning mutilated or parts missing. Ocassionally they are never found at all ditto the parts that go missing. Tonight one teen is going to witness a massacre at the hands of this lethal mystery. And might be able to shed some light over it to the cops. That is if she survives the night. [Learn more about the movie Neon Maniacs...]

Movie Review to "Waterloo Bridge"

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps de ballet. She survives on the streets of London, falling even lower after she hears her true love has been killed in action. But he wasn't killed. Those terrible years were nothing more than a bad dream is Myra's hope after Roy finds her and takes her to his family's country estate. [Learn more about the movie Waterloo Bridge...]

Movie Review to "Broken Windows"

Three days, five women, and a host of potentially life-altering decisions are the ingredients in this film about a group of friends who are all at different places in their lives, but equally dissatisfied. Their careers, their relationships, and their mental health all seem to be on the correct path, but life has a funny way of never letting things get too easy as director Tony Hickman explores in this drama about waking up in the middle of life and craving change. [Learn more about the movie Broken Windows...]

Movie Review to "Psycho"

Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank ,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother. [Learn more about the movie Psycho...]

Movie Review to "Human Timebomb"

The U.S. government faces its most deadly adversary ever when top FBI agent Jim Parker (Bryan Genesse) is abducted by a nefarious Cuban general and implanted with a stolen military computer chip that turns him into a deadly terrorist in this explosive thriller from action specialist Mark Roper. It's a race against time as Agent Parker struggles to regain his free will and take down the rouge general, but does man have the power to overcome machine when it's sending orders from beneath his skin? Whether or not he can overcome the power of this experimental microchip, the stage is set for an explosive climax that could bring nations to their knees and ignite a war in which the line between man and machine becomes increasingly blurred. [Learn more about the movie Human Timebomb...]

Movie Review to "A Serious Man"

Bloomington, Minnesota, 1957: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job,his pot-head son,who gets stoned at his own bar-mitzvah,only wants him round to fix the T.V. aerial and his useless brother Arthur is an unwelcome house guest. But both Arthur and Larry get turfed out into a motel when Larry's wife Judy,who wants a divorce, moves her lover,Sy, into the house and even after Sy's death in a car crash they are still there. With lawyers' bills mounting for his divorce, Arthur's criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour Larry is tempted to take the bribe offered by a Korean student to give him an illegal exam pass mark. And the rabbis he visits for advice only dole out platitudes.Still God moves in mysterious - and not always pleasant - ways,as Larry and his family will find out. [Learn more about the movie A Serious Man...]

Movie Review to "Left for Dead"

The west goes gruesome in this gunslinging terror ride into the town of Amnesty. The small town is a shattered shell, empty of all life except Mobius, a vengeful killer who cuts down anyone unfortunate enough to cross his path. But Clem is coming to town - and she and her posse are not going to go quietly... [Learn more about the movie Left for Dead...]

Movie Review to "The Vikings"

Einar and Eric are two Viking half-brothers. The former is a great warrior whilst the other is an ex-slave, but neither knows the true identity of the other. When the throne of Northumbria in Britain becomes free for the taking, the two brothers compete against one another for the prize, but they have very different motives - both involving the princess Morgana, however. [Learn more about the movie The Vikings...]

Movie Review to "Wrong Turn 3"

A group of people find themselves trapped in the backwoods of West Virginia, fighting for their lives against a group of vicious and horribly disfigured inbred cannibals. [Learn more about the movie Wrong Turn 3...]

Movie Review to "FernGully: The Last Rainforest"

The fairy people of FernGully have never seen humans before, but when Christa sees one, Zak, she accidentally shrinks him down to her size. But there is trouble in FernGully, for Zak is part of a logging team who is there to cut down the forest. [Learn more about the movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest...]

Movie Review to "Lost Voyage"

Twenty five years ago, the SS Corona Queen disappeared in the region known as, "The Bermuda Triangle". Now, it has returned. Seven people go on board to learn the truth behind her disappearance but the ship did not return alone... [Learn more about the movie Lost Voyage...]

Movie Review to "Swiss Family Robinson"

A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge treehouse) and explore the island and it's wildlife. Plenty of adventure ensues as the family deals with issues of survival, pirates, and the brothers must learn how to live on the island with an uncertain future. [Learn more about the movie Swiss Family Robinson...]

Movie Review to "Tideland"

After her mother dies from a methadone overdose, Jeliza-Rose is taken from the big city to a rural farmhouse by her father. As she tries to settle into a new life in a house her father had purchased for his now-deceased mother, Jeliza-Rose's attempts to deal with what's happened result in increasingly odd behavior, as she begins to communicate mainly with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell, a neighborhood woman who always wears a beekeeper's veil. [Learn more about the movie Tideland...]